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Reikon Games' cyberpunk twin-stick shooter RUINER is worth a second look this week.
With today's Annihilation update, the studio has added a 10-stage Arena: Colosseum mode with online leaderboards, four new finishers, and two unlockable out...

Xbox has been on a roll lately with how frequently the backward compatibility program gets additions that make you think "oh hell yeah I'd play that again!" Last week, it was Prey. Now, it's a PlatinumGames cult classic.
Starting today, Van...

There's been some concern about where exactly PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is headed this year. The game is obviously still selling, and people are still playing it en masse, but where's the roadmap?
Writing on Steam, the development team ...

I'm still a bit bothered that Bethesda waited until the zero hour to give out review copies for Doom -- they should have been shouting about how great it was from the rooftops a week in advance. Over time though I think people got the ...

Today at the Rainbow Six Invitational tournament in Montreal, publisher Ubisoft revealed two new Operators heading to the door-kicking shooter as part of the Rainbow Six Siege's next wave of DLC.
Lion and Finka are coming in March as part o...

Blizzard's latest free-play event for Overwatch starts right now. You'll be able to play the team-based shooter on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One at no extra charge until Monday, February 19 at 11:59pm Pacific. (Note: You will need either ...

There was a hidden first-person mode lurking in the PC version of The Evil Within 2, and sure enough, folks found out about it and figured out how to toggle it with an easy-to-use console command. It was a neat little extra for anyone who w...

Mass Effect: Andromeda might have shipped over two million copies, but it had a disastrous effect on BioWare's image -- not unlike Bungie's recent Destiny 2 troubles. Not only did the myriad glitches and lack of post-launch support hurt the...

The Overwatch League just finished "Stage 1," its first quarter of matches, and we can now clearly see how each team stacks up against one another. While no one necessarily towers over anyone else, the New York Excelsior, led by a well-roun...

My greatest professional regret came in the springtime of last year. Days before New Prey released, I wanted to run a review of Old Prey. See, the headline format for reviews around here is just "Review: Prey," and I was very much...

2008's limb-slicing sci-fi horror title Dead Space has found its way onto Origin's On the House program. For a limited time, you'll be able to add the game to your PC library for free. It's yours to keep.
For an extra dash of nostalgia, her...

Bungie is rapidly losing their audience with questionable decisions for Destiny 2 and its lukewarm post-launch content drops, but an upcoming Prestige raid "improvement" sounds like one of the worst changes yet for dedicated raiders. I...

Epic has run through some of its update plans for Fortnite Battle Royale and one note in particular stands out: the game is getting a 60 frames-per-second mode later this month. It'll be available not just on Xbox One X and PlayStation 4 Pr...

It's the feature I always wanted in Overwatch but wasn't sure Blizzard would ever deliver: the ability to change skins during the initial character select screen. The fabled day is finally upon us! The option will make it into the game as ...

If you liked Mixer's HypeZone concept but PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds isn't exactly your multiplayer game of choice, the streaming platform has now applied the same idea to Fortnite Battle Royale.
It's a single stream that roams from matc...

The burgeoning "battle royale" sub-genre is about to get another entrant. Coming from Focus Home Interactive and some of the devs behind the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series, this post-apocalyptic first-person shooter will take place in Chernobyl and ...

The weekend of February 16 will see the best Rainbow Six Siege teams gather for the Six Invitational tournament, as the best of the best shoot it out in the twitchy, high-intensity shooter.In order to celebrate the weekend's festivities, Ub...

You've probably heard about Kim “Geguri” Se-yeon at some point since the launch of Overwatch. She's so good that people thought she was cheating, and had to literally prove her skills before she was accepted as a force in the pr...

Thursday marks the return of Overwatch's Lunar New Year celebration with a Year of the Dog event. As explained by game director Jeff Kaplan, the limited-time event will bring a new map set in Thailand, a rework of capture the flag, and six ...

With the release of DUSK onto Steam Early Access last month, old-school first-person shooter fans have been in heaven. The game captures the glory of games like Quake and Doom while providing modern compatibility and startling creativity. W...

Some people aren't happy about change. While I find the new Miramar map in PUBG to be a breath of fresh air after playing Erangel fifty billion times, others have been going to extreme measures to avoid playing it.
Hilariously, avoidin...

The next limited-time event for Overwatch is going to be another Lunar New Year celebration.
Last year, Blizzard celebrated the Year of the Rooster with lots of cosmetics and a Capture the Rooster game type. Come next Thursday, February 8, ...

An entire game is a nice way to spice up a season pass.
Announced this morning, Ubisoft is bundling in the Far Cry 3 Classic Edition with the Far Cry 5 season pass (and four weeks early) on the PC, PS4, and Xbox One platforms...

I remember the first time I realized people would pay thousands of dollars for a digital item. I was randomly perusing some news and a report on EVE Online popped up, detailing the various lengths the community would go to for van...

Bungie has some catching up to do with Destiny 2. Over time it was clear that they weren't up to the task of supporting it in the short term, so now they're aiming for a schedule that's a little more involved -- say, to the end of 2018.
In ...

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